The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-09-08
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items Of Interest From Both Sides
of the Divide.


Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
Missou1a county is overrun with fruit
tree peddlers.
The Manitoba is expected to reach Ben
ton by October l.
There is considerable sickness at Ana
conda, principally typhoid fever.
A. J. Leopold, a switchman on the
Montana Union, was run over and killed
at Anaconda, Saturday.
Last Friday morning Robert Duncan,
a brakeman of the Montana Union, was
run over and killed at Anaconda.
The report of the expulsion from the
Yellowstone Park of G. E. Waters proves
to have been without foundation.
The delay on the Northern Pacific is
caused by the culverts being washed out
between Forsyth and Big Horn crossing.
The Anaconda Fluming company, op-
Grating near Mill creek, is present de-
ivering 400 cords of wood per day to the
Anaconda company.
Herman Guenther, the husband of a
negro prostitute, shot and killed George
Moore, Of whom he was jealous, at Mis-
soula, last Saturday, and then committed
suicide.
The extreme altitude of the Montana
Central, where it crosses the summit of
Rockies at Woodville, is $3.50 feet. The
bed of the tunnel at Woodville is $3.50
feet in height.
Active work has been commenced for
the erection of the new Opera House at
Anaconda. In size it is 102 so feet.
The walls are already completed for the
first story OF the building.
The legislature has been busy with new
bills during the entire week and have
done very little towards repeating or al
tering the measures which were the prin-
cipal cause of the special session.
Saturday evening Chief Meiklejohn ar
rested Prof. True,a mineral powder fakir,
for creating disturbance and blocking
the streets. He was tried on Monday
in the Butte police court and acquitted.
Inter Mountain: One of the gamiest
base ball contests of the season wac play
ed at the circus grounds Sunday between
the Red Socks and picked nine, which
resulted in favor of the former by a score
of 9 to8. Ten inning were played.
A man, whose name is unknown, at
tempted to swing himself on the trucks
OF car of an out going Utah & Northern
train from Butte on last Wednesday. He
lost his hold and fell. The train passed
over him and completely severed his head
from his body.-Dillon Tribune
Hon. James Shields, internal revenue
collector, has just returned from a trip to
Idaho. While absent he succeeded in re-
covering from the Pacific Express COM
pany the amount of 1910, which myster-
iously disappeared while being expressed
from his deputy at Boise to h1m at Hell
ena.
Last week cave occurred in the Wood
vile tunnel, eight miles east of Butte,
which is being constructed for the Mon
tana Central railroad company. The
cave occurred in the north end of the
tunnel, which has been driven nearly 200
feet, at distance of about IT'S feet from
the end.
Acting Secretary Muldrow last Friday
directed an Investigation into an alleged
singular disposition of land case by the
local land officers at Helena, Montana.
The land in question is eighty acres pre-
empted within the Helena land district
by L. Hodge in 1879, known as a coinmu-
tation homestead entry.
The continued rains which have pre-
vailed in northern Montana for the last
week have caused quite a rise in Sun
River, although not enough to prove SER
ious. The weather is and has been quite
cold. The mountains in the vicinity are
covered with snow, showing that the
weather was quite severe.
Inter Mountain: From railroad en-
ploye it is learned that there was small
size cave in the Mullan tunnel on Mon
day. It occurred at point just east OF
the break which caused SO much delay
several months ago. The cave was not
large, and there was no delay to traffic.
The report is confirmed by passengers
who saw the men removing the debris on
Tuesday. Only about half dozen men
we're at work. No information can be
had as to whether there are dangerous in